Contemporary Black and White Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
"The Object" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Object" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39" x 31"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Horses 1", photography by Jean-Michel Berts (39x63'), 2018
Located in Paris, France
"Horse 1", black and white photograph by Jean Michel Berts.
Jean Michel Berts has been a photographer since the age of 16, and has since gone on to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Framing - Miniature black and white photo
Located in New York, NY
"I remember the moment that the idea for Bodyscapes® came to me. I was thinking that the shape and structure of the universe repeated itself at every level and suddenly I had the ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Play among the Stars (Till Death Do Us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Play among the Stars (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature labe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Brigitte Bardot with Cigar in Spain, 1971 - Platinum Lifetime Print
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Platinum lifetime print. (lifetime signed)
20 x 24 inches
Edition Size: 50 + 10 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
The Matriarch, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, elephant
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
More sizes on request
The Matriarch guides her elephant family to the waterhole in Amboseli Ecosystem.
Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slab City Bible Belt - California Badlands
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Slab City Bible Belt (California Badlands) - 2016
20x24cm,
Edition 10/10,
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
artist Inventory # 19396.
Not ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid
"Always You" Black & White Photography 32" x 24" in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Always You" Black & White Photography 32" x 24" in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Medium: Archival Giclee Print
Available sizes:
Edition of 15 24 x 18 inch
Edition of 7 32 x 24 inch
Edi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Peony
Located in Nashville, TN
Early fascinations with photography and science have inspired Don Dudenbostel throughout his extensive career. As a young student interested in Science, Dudenbostel was always trying...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sammy Davis Junior, New York City, Portrait of African American Celebrity
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Image of Sammy Davis Junior, 1959 by American photographer Burt Glinn was shot on Madison Avenue in New York after Sammy Davis Jr.'s last performance at the Copacabana nightclub in T...
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Digital
Charlotte-Signed limited edition nude print, Black White Photo, Model, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Charlotte - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid- and li...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Phot...
Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ
By George Tice
Located in Westwood, NJ
George Tice was born in 1938 in Newark, NJ, the state in which his ancestors had lived for generations earlier. He joined a camera club when he was fourteen, and is largely a self ta...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"The Factory", contemporary, landscape, black, white, abandoned, photograph
Located in Natick, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “The Factory” was photographed at an abandoned china factory and is part of a series documenting the loss of industry in America. The 10 x 30 inch black and white l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
'Cheetah Who Shops' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-year-old cheetah who was flown to Britain from Kenya. (Photo by B C Par...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Hard at the Gym - Chris Smith, Muhammad Ali, boxing, black and white, 20x30 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Hard at the Gym
1971
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work is available in the ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Monte Clerigo" Photography 31.5" x 24" inch Edition 1/5 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Monte Clerigo" Photography 31.5" x 24" inch Edition 1/5 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2016
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lukas Dvorak is a Cz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
Rope and Side Table (Contemporary Still Life Diptych in Custom Frame )
Located in Hudson, NY
Rope and Side Table, 2017
31 1/2" X 21" framed
sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition of 10
Top 17 x 21 inches, Bottom 14.5 x 11.75 inches
This sepia toned silver gelatin dip...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper
Hands Together - Intertwined Hands, Silver Gelatin Print, Matted and Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The simplicity of hands intertwined are captured in this beautiful silver gelatin print by Doug Birkenheuer. This photograph captures light, shadow, shape and texture to great effec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Condition" Black & White Photography 39" x 31"in Ed. of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Condition" Black & White Photography 39" x 31"in Ed. of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 3...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Silence, Adirondacks 2015
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition 1 of 10.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through October 30th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eve Arnold - Marylin Monroe Casino, Photography 1960, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe on the set of ‘The Misfits’, Reno, Nevada, 1960.
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tree Farm, Long Lane, East Hampton, NY, 1999
By Robin Rice
Located in Hudson, NY
Edition 7 of 25
After 30 years on West 11th Street, The Robin Rice Gallery celebrates its first ever exhibition for Robin Rice. For decades, Robin has exhibited a wide variety of photographers at the gallery but never her own work. As the show’s title denotes, “It’s About Time.” The opening reception will be held on Wednesday, January 23rd from 6pm to 8pm. The exhibit runs through March 17, 2019.
While her photography spans five decades and multiple continents, Rice maintains a cohesive, candid voice that carries throughout all of her work. Observing the world around her in a cinematic way, she possesses an uncanny ability to recognize and capture moments of beauty and the spontaneity of the human spirit. By evoking a wonderstruck sensibility, Rice expresses a deep-rooted love for both people and landscapes using her distinct bohemian style.
In this salon-style retrospective, Rice uses an “old school” approach and shoots with her Nikon on Tri-X film. When creating her art, she insists, “the camera has a mind of its own.” The scenes captured in her photography are unedited and thus born purely from the magic of the in-camera composition.
In the invitational image, “Tree Farm...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Elephant, Photography, Africa
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli
2011
Archival pigment print
Sheet 177,8 x 142,24 cm (70 x 56 in.)
Edition of 10, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sewing Scissors
Located in Westwood, NJ
Richard Kagan, born in Philadelphia, followed a circuitous path to become a photographer. Beginning with street photography using a meterless Asahi Pentax as a student at Temple Univ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
"Pools and Cigarettes" Photography 47" x 35" inch Edition of 3 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pools and Cigarettes" Photography 47" x 35" inch Edition of 3 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2023
Ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lukas Dvorak is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
"No Time (2)" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"No Time (2)" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Faces 2" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Faces 2" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
'Hungry Elephant' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's Inn Road, London, 16th December 1936. Mae is helping to publicis...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Flyfishing - black and white photography
Located in New York, NY
"I remember the moment that the idea for Bodyscapes® came to me. I was thinking that the shape and structure of the universe repeated itself at every level and suddenly I had the ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Faces 4" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Faces 4" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
David Bowie, Iggy Pop & Lou Reed, London's Dorchester Hotel, 1972 by Mick Rock
By Mick Rock
Located in Culver City, CA
David Bowie, Iggy Pop & Lou Reed, London's Dorchester Hotel, 1972 by Mick Rock
Edition: 29/50
Signed and numbered by Mick Rock.
Medium: Silver gelatin limited edition photographic print on paper
Size framed: 27" x 33" inch
"It was a press conference at the Dorchester Hotel in London. RCA Records had flown a bunch of American journalists to London in July 1972 to promote David’s upcoming US tour and the release of his Ziggy Stardust album. Iggy and Lou were both working on their new albums, Raw Power and Transformer and were hanging out at the conference.
Even though Iggy and Lou were still basically “underground” artists, and David’s ascent was still in its early days, it was a photo that I really wanted to take. Only later did it become one of the classic rock images. So I hustled them together. The only thing I remember was Lou saying: “This will be a pretty picture!”
When Mick Rock first met David Bowie, he had previously met and photographed both Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, so there was an immediate bond formed...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mark of Esteem, Silhouette - Portrait of Stallion, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Mark of Esteem, ‘Silhouette’, 2001 by John Reardon
This Print is part of the Hermès Collection of Contemporary Photographs since November 2023
A few mor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
"Human Nature Pt. 2" Black & White Photography 50x40 in Ed of 3 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Human Nature Pt. 2" Black & White Photography 50x40 in Ed of 3 by Brendan North
not framed
ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT:
Brendan North is a fine art photographer based in Los Ange...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Digital
Sailboats, Dartmouth facing the English Channel
By Robin Rice
Located in Hudson, NY
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 10th, 2017. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available then. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer order...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra - Me and My Shadow
Located in Chicago, IL
Portrait of Frank Sinatra circa 1939. Taken at their apartment on Garden St, Hoboken, NJ. Photo by Nancy Sinatra Senior. This striking photo is one of the family’s favorites. This is...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
"Women" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Women" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Devil In The Bush
By Cy DeCosse
Located in Westwood, NJ
With a varied career as both an artist and art director, Cy has collaborated with many of America’s best photographers. His works are close, intimate portraits of almost infinite dep...
Category
Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Apple Peeler
Located in Westwood, NJ
Richard Kagan, born in Philadelphia, followed a circuitous path to become a photographer. Beginning with street photography using a meterless Asahi Pentax as a student at Temple Univ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Subway Face
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Archival paper, photography. Done in NY.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Gods at the Beach 1" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Gods at the Beach 1" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jean-Michel Basquiat at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1 October 1985
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1 October 1985
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
18" x 18.5" Archival Pigment Print
Edition Nº 3 of 9
Certificate...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shanghai #3. Nude Portrait Black and White Photograph
By David Jay
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Through David Jay’s photography, context evaporates, and we as the viewer are left to engage the subjects, trade places, and for a moment, live behind their eyes. We recognize our sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Leaving (Strange Love)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Leaving (Strange Love) - 2005
20x30cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a 35mm film.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounted.
Stefanie Schnei...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid
"Nothing Personal" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nothing Personal" Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Summer 85 - Limited edition nude photo, Graphic, Sensual woman, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Summer 85 '
Young topless woman sunbath...
Category
1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
La Chasse au Cerf, Normandie, France, September 1975
Located in New York, NY
La Chasse au Cerf, Normandie, France, September 1975
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
44" x 44.5" Archival Pigment Print
Edition Nº 1 of 9
Certificate of Origin
Signed a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Leave - Close" Photography 49" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Leave - Close" Photography 49" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in
Edition of 7: 39" x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Frost and fog- black and white portrait and nature multi exposure photograph
Located in New York, NY
Finnish Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible to tell where one ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Hollywood Freeway, January 2007", Los Angeles, 2007
Located in Hudson, NY
Thomas Alleman’s urban landscapes convey the pulsating energy and sensual excitement of city life. With an eye for the visual rhythms and geometry of buildings, highways and parks, h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tree and Kussharo Lake, Akan-Mashu Park, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna, 2023
Located in Denton, TX
Tree and Kussharo Lake, Akan-Mashu Park, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna is a 8 x 8 inch* silver gelatin print, available in an edition of 25.
*Please note: the measurements of this...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New Yorker 20 x 30 in. print with deckled edges, unframed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Award winning photographer presents stunning art photography of the New Yorker building, home of the famed New Yorker magazine in New York City. It is also a proud statement by those...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
267 Arcadia, Milan – Hiroshi Sugimoto, Cinema, Photography, Black & White
Located in Zurich, CH
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (*1948, Japan)
267 Arcadia, Milan
1998
Gelatin silver print
Image 119,4 x 149,2 cm (47 x 58 5/8 in.)
Framed 152,4 x 182,2 x 7,6 cm (60 x 71 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Editi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dylan and The Dead
By Herb Greene
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Bob Dylan with the Grateful Dead backstage at the Oakland Coliseum, CA. This photograph is part of a edition of only 13.
Signed by photographer
Limited Edition photograph.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Teeing - black and white photography
Located in New York, NY
"I remember the moment that the idea for Bodyscapes® came to me. I was thinking that the shape and structure of the universe repeated itself at every level and suddenly I had the image in my mind of a skier going down a breast. This was it - the universe repeating its shapes - a body looking like a mountain. It was also an example of two realities coexisting. The picture could be seen as a landscape and it could also be seen as a body. Although they were different, both perceptions were right at the same time. I knew instantly that I had an entire series of images waiting to be captured on film"
black and white photography
miniature photography
sport photography...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Man's World" Photography 35" x 28" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Man's World" Photography 35" x 28" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Olga ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Meaw 3" Black & White Photography 31.5" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Meaw 3" Black & White Photography 31.5" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Beyond
By Ted Adams
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 20.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production.
Shipping time depends on method of shipping.
Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph.
Ted Adams’ first solo show at the Robin Rice Gallery juxtaposes surrealism with the documentary art form. What differentiates Mr. Adams’ work from traditional photojournalism is his keen eye for capturing the irony in the events that unfold before our eyes. It is the found objects in everyday life to which Adams is most attuned. He creates a subtle mood and visual mystery that conveys meaning not only from the image itself but also through imagining what exists just beyond the frame.
"I see photography as a way of cropping the world—selectively taking things out of context—which often results in stripping the meaning out of the original subject matter, or at least making the image open to interpretation. It’s the opposite of traditional photojournalism whose intention is to create ‘narrative’ and context rather than discard them."
While he has exhibited artistic photography in a variety of genres, in the past five years he turned his artistic eye inward to reflect a more autobiographical tone. While some people compare his work to that of Robert Frank, Adams finds himself more and more influenced by Larry Clark whose career was built on pictures drawn from his own life and drug-addled friends rather than a specific documentary mission.
The unique presentation of this collection of twenty-three silver gelatin prints enhances the voyeuristic sensibility of Mr. Adams’ work. Each photograph is jewel box in size, measuring 4" x 6" to invite the viewer in to make an intimate appraisal. The craftsmanship of the wide, dark wood frames hearkens back to late 19th-century Shaker design—yet the aesthetic is boldly contemporary, providing a strong backdrop to draw the viewer’s gaze directly to the subject matter.
This artisanship extends to the printing where Adams exhibits his skills in traditional darkroom processes. He shoots mostly with Leica and Nikon 35mm film cameras...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ali vs The Beatles - Chris Smith, black, white, muhammad ali, beatles, 34.5x48in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Ali Versus The Beatles
1964
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in. / 50 x 92 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Contemporary black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add black and white photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Ian Sanderson, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and David Yarrow. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary black and white photography, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available.